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In His Treatises Hygiene, Thrasybulus, And On Exercise With A Small Ball, Galen Of Pergamum Addresses Topics Of Preventive Medicine, Health, And Wellness That Continue To Resonate With Practices Of Modern Doctors And Physical Therapists. Lees verder

Engages Postmodern And Materialist Feminist Thought In Readings Of Three Significant Poets Writing In The Early Years Of Rome's Augustan Principate. In Their Poems, They Represent The Flesh-and-blood Body In Both Its Integrity And Vulnerability, As An Index Of Social Position Along Intersecting Axes... Lees verder

Most Of The Old Norse Texts That Preserve The Myths Of Ragnarok Originated In Iceland. As The First Full-length Ecocritical Study Of Old Norse Myth And Literature, Evergreen Ash Argues That Ragnarok Is Primarily A Story Of Ecological Collapse That Reflects The Anxieties Of Early Icelanders Who Were ... Lees verder

Quintus Ennius (239 169), Widely Regarded As The Father Of Roman Literature, Was Instrumental In Creating A New Roman Literary Identity, Domesticating The Greek Forms Of Epic And Drama, And Pursuing A Range Of Other Literary And Intellectual Pursuits. He Inspired Major Developments In Roman Religion... Lees verder

Quintus Ennius (239 169), Widely Regarded As The Father Of Roman Literature, Was Instrumental In Creating A New Roman Literary Identity, Domesticating The Greek Forms Of Epic And Drama, And Pursuing A Range Of Other Literary And Intellectual Pursuits. He Inspired Major Developments In Roman Religion... Lees verder

Contemporary Classicists Often Find Themselves Advocating For The Value And Relevance Of Greco-roman Literature And Culture. In This Collection, Twelve Scholars Apply Major Critical Approaches From Other Academic Fields To Open New Channels For Dialogue Between Ancient Texts And The Contemporary Wor... Lees verder

In The History Of Western Literature, This Spiritual Concept Was Frequently Embedded In Stories Of Underworld And Heavenly Journeys. A Variety Of Topics Related To The Nature Of The Universe, Life On Earth And The Existence Of The Gods Are Explored In These Stories. Lees verder

Though Attributed To Hesiod (eighth Or Seventh Century Bc) In Antiquity, The Catalogue Of Women, A Presentation Of Legendary Greek Heroes And Episodes According To Maternal Genealogy; The Shield, A Counterpoint To The Iliadic Shield Of Achilles; And Certain Poems That Survive As Fragments Were Likel... Lees verder

The Two Extant Poems Of Hesiod (eighth Or Seventh Century Bc) Are Theogony, In Which He Charts The History Of The Divine World, And Works And Days, In Which He Delivers Moral Precepts And Practical Advice For The World Of Men. Lees verder

A Founding Father Of The ""art Of Philology"", Aristarchus Of Samothrace (216-144 Bce) Developed A Sound, Almost Scientific Method Of Literary Exegesis. This Book Offers A Systematic Study Of The Most Famous Grammarian In Alexandria, Places Aristarchus And His Iliadic Scholia Within The Context And ... Lees verder

Albert's Anthology Comprises 76 Brief And Informal Reflections On A Line Or Two Of Greek Or Latin Poetry-and A Few Prose Quotations And Artistic Objects-composed By Colleagues And Students Of Albert Henrichs, Who Devoted His Scholarly Career To Greek Literature And Religion-especially His Favorite G... Lees verder

In His Treatises Hygiene, Thrasybulus, And On Exercise With A Small Ball, Galen Of Pergamum Addresses Topics Of Preventive Medicine, Health, And Wellness That Continue To Resonate With Practices Of Modern Doctors And Physical Therapists. Lees verder

Provides Intermediate-level Students Of Classical Greek The Necessary Linguistic, Historical, Mythographical, Archaeological, And Geographical Information To Read And Comprehend Book Two Of Pausanias' Periegesis. Book Two Of Pausanias' Work Covers Several Major Cities Of The Northeast Peloponnesus A... Lees verder

Provides A Broad View Of The History And Current State Of Scholarship On The Art Of The Ancient Near East This Book Covers The Aesthetic Traditions Of Mesopotamia, Iran, Anatolia, And The Levant, From Neolithic Times To The End Of The Achaemenid Persian Empire Around 330 Bce. Lees verder

Livy (titus Livius, 64 Or 59 Bc Ad 12 Or 17), The Roman Historian, Presents A Vivid Narrative Of Rome's Rise From The Traditional Foundation Of The City In 753 Or 751 Bc To 9 Bc And Illustrates The Virtues Necessary To Achieve Such Greatness. The Books Of The Fourth Decad (31 40) Focus On Rome's Gro... Lees verder

Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica, Composed Between The Late Second And Mid-fourth Centuries Ad, Boldly Adapts Homeric Diction And Style To Fill In The Story Of The Trojan Expedition Between The End Of The Iliad And The Beginning Of The Odyssey. This Edition Replaces The Earlier Loeb Classical Library... Lees verder

Livy (titus Livius, 64 Or 59 Bc-ad 12 Or 17), The Roman Historian, Presents A Vivid Narrative Of Rome's Rise From The Traditional Foundation Of The City In 753 Or 751 Bc To 9 Bc And Illustrates The Collective And Individual Virtues Necessary To Maintain Such Greatness. The Fourth Decad (31-40) Focus... Lees verder

This Study By Helene Monsacre Shows How Western Ideals Of Inexpressive Manhood Run Contrary To The Poetic Vision Of Achilles And His Warrior Companions Presented In The Homeric Epics. Pursuing The Paradox Of The Tearful Fighter, Monsacre Examines The Interactions Between Men And Women In The Homeric... Lees verder